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| Published: September 25, 2020

Perceived stress, coping strategies and quality of life among working women with migraine

Ms. Nimra Naseer

MS Scholar in Clinical Psychology, Riphah Institute of Clinical & Professional Psychology (RICPP), Riphah International University, Lahore Campus, Lahore, Pakistan. Google Scholar More about the auther

, Ms. Sara Latif

Lecturer, Riphah Institute of Clinical & Professional Psychology (RICPP), Riphah International University, Lahore Campus, Lahore, Pakistan. Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.144/20200803

DOI: 10.25215/0803.144

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The study was conducted with the aim to find the relationship between Perceived stress, coping strategies and quality of life among working women with migraine. Correlational Research Design was used in current study. Total sample of 100 participants suffering from migraine from last six months and consulting neurologists were recruited from different Public hospitals of Lahore, Pakistan (Department of Neurology, Mayo Hospital Lahore, Ganga Ram Hospital Lahore and General Hospital) from July 2019 to January 2020. All participants were doing job and were not diagnosed with any severe psychiatric and physical illness. The measures employed in the study to assess stress, coping and quality of life were Perceived Stress Scale of Seldom Cohen, (1983), Brief Cope Inventory Scale of Craver (1989) and Quality of Life of Flanagan, (1970s) respectively. Findings indicated that Perceived Stress, Coping Strategies among Working Women with migraine were positively associated with each other (p<.001). Coping strategies and Quality of Life had highly significant positive relationship with each other (p<.001). Perceived stress and quality of life among working women with migraine were positively associated with each other (p<.001). Linear regression showed that perceived stress significantly predicted quality of life among women with migraine. Coping Strategies also emerges as a significant predictor of Quality of Life among women with migraine.

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.144/20200803

10.25215/0803.144

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Published in   Volume 08, Issue 3, July-September, 2020